Chilcot inquiry into Iraq war – live
30 June 2010 Andrew Sparrow with live coverage from the Chilcot inquiry as Lord Jay, Iain MacLeod and Cathy Adams give evidence
British helicopters fly over Basra, southern Iraq, in April 2003. Photograph: Reuters
12.04pm: Sir John Chilcot finishes with a question about the work of the Foreign Office staff.
Jay says he thinks they did an extraordinary job, but there are "real lessons" to be learnt about the structures needed in a situation like this. "I don't think we got that right," he says. (See 10.53am)
Jay concludes by saying that, if he was still in the Foreign Office, he would be concerned about too much paperwork being distributed around the system.
Chilcot winds up the session – I'll post a summary in a moment. Continued
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